Vehicle paint technicians: salary in the UK
About £30,393 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +9.3% on last year
£3,110 a month About £2,533 a month after tax 6 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £26,954 in 2021 to £37,325 in 2026 (+38%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £25,240 | £26,954 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £26,735 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £28,101 | £33,232 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | x | £33,263 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £28,877 | £34,156 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £33,190 | £37,325 | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £37,325 a year and half earn more. That is 9% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 178 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,533 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,530 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | x | x |
| 25th (P25) | £33,190 | £2,766 |
| 30th | £34,818 | £2,902 |
| 40th | £35,510 | £2,959 |
| Median (50th) | £37,325 | £3,110 |
| 60th | £38,438 | £3,203 |
| 70th | x | x |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £37,624 | £41,663 | x |
| Women | x | x | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £30,393 | £2,533 |
| Scotland | £30,355 | £2,530 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £37,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 26 job titles to SOC 5233 Vehicle paint technicians. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Aircraft painter
- Body sprayer
- Car paint sprayer
- Car painter
- Car sprayer
- Cellulose sprayer
- Coach painter
- Graphic applicator
- Paint shop operator
- Paint shop worker
- Paint sprayer
- Paint technician
- Paint worker
- Paint-work repairer
- Painter
- Refinisher
- Refinishing technician
- Spray painter
- Spray polisher
- Sprayer
- Undersealer
- Vehicle paint sprayer
- Vehicle refinisher
- Vehicle wrapper
- Wagon painter
- Window film applicator
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.